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Hotels.com reveals Taipei continues to be on top as Hong Kong’s favourite overseas travel destination in the first half of 2014.

HONG KONG – According to the latest Hotels.com Hotel Price Index (HPI), Hong Kong travellers’ top 3 favourite overseas destinations in the first half of 2014 are within the Asia-Pacific regions, which are namely Taipei, Seoul and Osaka.

Compared with the previous year, Taipei’s ranking as the favourite destination abroad is rock solid. Taiwan, for the first time, has three cities on the top 20 list.  Apart from Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung entered as the 13th and 14th favourite destinations respectively, possibly indicating that Hong Kong people’s passion or interest to explore the diversity of landscape, entertainment, food, cultures and history of Taiwan has increased over the year.

As an increasingly popular and trend-setting country, the ranking of South Korea went from top 5 to top 3. Seoul, which stands at the 2nd position in 2014, is definitely becoming an ideal shopping destination for Hong Kong travellers. Besides, Japan is also undoubtedly one of Hong Kong travellers’ favourite countries for food, shopping and relaxation. Osaka has surpassed Tokyo as the 3rd most favourite destination. Naha, the capital city of Okinawa, has also become the new getaway destination in Japan.

Some cities, however, have lost a bit of their charm, such as Bangkok. Affected by the political instability, the ranking of the Thai city has dropped from the 3rd to the 6th during the first 6 months of this year.

Figure 1: Top overseas destinations for travellers from Hong Kong in Jan–Jun 2014 and Jan–Jun 2013

Jan–Jun 2014

 

 

 

Jan–Jun 2013

 

 

Rank

City

Country

 

Rank

City

Country

1

Taipei

Taiwan

 

1

Taipei

Taiwan

2

Seoul

South Korea

 

2

Tokyo

Japan

3

Osaka

Japan

 

3

Bangkok

Thailand

4

Singapore

Singapore

 

4

Osaka

Japan

5

Tokyo

Japan

 

5

Seoul

South Korea

6

Bangkok

Thailand

 

6

Singapore

Singapore

7

London

United Kingdom

 

7

London

United Kingdom

8

Macau

Macau

 

8

Macau

Macau

9

Paris

France

 

9

Paris

France

10

Shanghai

China

 

10

Shanghai

China

11

Naha

Japan

 

11

Naha

Japan

12

Kyoto

Japan

 

12

Kyoto

Japan

13

Taichung

Taiwan

 

13

New York

United States

 

14

Kaohsiung

Taiwan

 

14

Guangzhou

China

15

Shenzhen

China

 

15

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

16

Guangzhou

China

 

16

Beijing

China

17

Beijing

China

 

17

Pattaya

Thailand

18

New York

United States

 

18

Las Vegas

United States

19

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

 

19

Shenzhen

China

20

Sydney

Australia

 

20

Sydney

Australia

 

Photo caption: Taipei.

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